Rochdale vs Accrington Stanley match preview: Even contest expected at Crown Oil Arena

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

Rochdale hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 36 points and a 24th position in the League One table. Visiting Accrington Stanley holds 11th place with 58 pts.

Insights:
  • Rochdale have the fewest points (15) at home in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rochdale form and stats

Rochdale's struggle is real here at Crown Oil Arena with only 15 points collected from 20 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-9-9.

Heartbreak before that as Rochdale lost 0-1 at Fleetwood Town's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rochdale perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rochdale as a small favourite), we find six games. Rochdale has won one of these, drawn three and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Blackpool are coming to town in three days.

The Rochdale fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 20 matches. Rochdale have conceded 39 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Playing away, Accrington Stanley have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 8 defeats in the League One this season.

Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus AFC Wimbledon.

Goalkeeper Toby Savin made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Blackpool. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Accrington Stanley in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Accrington Stanley, five draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Doncaster Rovers in just three days.

Accrington have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 20 league away games 27 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Accrington struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 36 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Accrington Stanley - Rochdale 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (Rochdale wins - draws - Accrington Stanley wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyD. Charles
D. Charles
17 goals
RochdaleM. Lund
M. Lund
11 goals
RochdaleS. Humphrys
S. Humphrys
9 goals

Rochdale missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rochdale Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 7 20 40
8 2 1 Won W 3 7 16
12 9 3 Drew D 1 5 10
20 9 2 Lost L 3 8 14
49 22 7 Scored S 13 27 52
71 39 12 Conceded C 13 36 57
90% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 88%
78% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 85% 72%
55% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 86% 60% 50%
35% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 35% 28%
22% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 20% 18%
52% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 71% 50% 48%
18% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 29% 30% 35%
40% 45% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
10.4 11.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 12.7 13.3
3.2 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.1 4.3 4
38% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 31% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rochdale have the fewest points (15) at home in League One
  • Rochdale have the most conceded goals (39) at home in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 41 24 7 10 71 32 20 12 3 5 25 10 21 12 4 5 46 22 39 79
2 Peterborough United 40 23 7 10 70 38 19 14 3 2 44 15 21 9 4 8 26 23 32 76
3 Sunderland 40 19 14 7 61 33 20 9 6 5 28 20 20 10 8 2 33 13 28 71
4 Lincoln City 39 19 9 11 61 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 18 10 5 3 27 14 19 66
5 Blackpool 39 18 11 10 52 35 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 17 65
6 Portsmouth 40 19 8 13 57 42 21 8 5 8 28 23 19 11 3 5 29 19 15 65
7 Oxford United 41 18 8 15 63 49 20 10 4 6 29 18 21 8 4 9 34 31 14 62
8 Charlton Athletic 39 17 11 11 57 51 18 6 5 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 62
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 9 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 19 6 5 8 19 24 0 60
10 Gillingham 41 17 8 16 56 54 21 9 4 8 28 28 20 8 4 8 28 26 2 59
11 Accrington Stanley 40 16 10 14 52 57 20 9 5 6 25 21 20 7 5 8 27 36 -5 58
12 Doncaster Rovers 39 17 6 16 55 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 18 6 2 10 22 28 0 57
13 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 43 33 21 9 7 5 25 14 19 6 4 9 18 19 10 56
14 Milton Keynes Dons 41 15 10 16 55 58 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -3 55
15 Crewe Alexandra 40 15 10 15 47 54 21 9 6 6 28 27 19 6 4 9 19 27 -7 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 41 14 10 17 50 66 21 11 4 6 30 30 20 3 6 11 20 36 -16 52
17 Burton Albion 40 14 9 17 53 63 19 6 2 11 25 37 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 51
18 Shrewsbury Town 39 12 14 13 44 46 18 5 7 6 25 23 21 7 7 7 19 23 -2 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 40 10 12 18 44 62 19 5 4 10 22 31 21 5 8 8 22 31 -18 42
20 Wigan Athletic 41 11 8 22 45 68 20 4 5 11 20 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -23 41
21 Northampton Town 41 10 10 21 34 58 21 7 5 9 17 23 20 3 5 12 17 35 -24 40
22 Bristol Rovers 41 10 8 23 40 64 20 7 2 11 23 28 21 3 6 12 17 36 -24 38
23 Swindon Town 41 11 4 26 46 74 21 7 1 13 21 35 20 4 3 13 25 39 -28 37
24 Rochdale 40 8 12 20 49 71 20 2 9 9 22 39 20 6 3 11 27 32 -22 36

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 41 24 7 10 71 32 20 12 3 5 25 10 21 12 4 5 46 22 39 79
2 Peterborough United 40 23 7 10 70 38 19 14 3 2 44 15 21 9 4 8 26 23 32 76
3 Sunderland 40 19 14 7 61 33 20 9 6 5 28 20 20 10 8 2 33 13 28 71
4 Lincoln City 39 19 9 11 61 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 18 10 5 3 27 14 19 66
5 Blackpool 39 18 11 10 52 35 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 17 65
6 Portsmouth 40 19 8 13 57 42 21 8 5 8 28 23 19 11 3 5 29 19 15 65
7 Oxford United 41 18 8 15 63 49 20 10 4 6 29 18 21 8 4 9 34 31 14 62
8 Charlton Athletic 39 17 11 11 57 51 18 6 5 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 62
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 9 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 19 6 5 8 19 24 0 60
10 Gillingham 41 17 8 16 56 54 21 9 4 8 28 28 20 8 4 8 28 26 2 59
11 Accrington Stanley 40 16 10 14 52 57 20 9 5 6 25 21 20 7 5 8 27 36 -5 58
12 Doncaster Rovers 39 17 6 16 55 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 18 6 2 10 22 28 0 57
13 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 43 33 21 9 7 5 25 14 19 6 4 9 18 19 10 56
14 Milton Keynes Dons 41 15 10 16 55 58 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -3 55
15 Crewe Alexandra 40 15 10 15 47 54 21 9 6 6 28 27 19 6 4 9 19 27 -7 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 41 14 10 17 50 66 21 11 4 6 30 30 20 3 6 11 20 36 -16 52
17 Burton Albion 40 14 9 17 53 63 19 6 2 11 25 37 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 51
18 Shrewsbury Town 39 12 14 13 44 46 18 5 7 6 25 23 21 7 7 7 19 23 -2 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 40 10 12 18 44 62 19 5 4 10 22 31 21 5 8 8 22 31 -18 42
20 Wigan Athletic 41 11 8 22 45 68 20 4 5 11 20 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -23 41
21 Northampton Town 41 10 10 21 34 58 21 7 5 9 17 23 20 3 5 12 17 35 -24 40
22 Bristol Rovers 41 10 8 23 40 64 20 7 2 11 23 28 21 3 6 12 17 36 -24 38
23 Swindon Town 41 11 4 26 46 74 21 7 1 13 21 35 20 4 3 13 25 39 -28 37
24 Rochdale 40 8 12 20 49 71 20 2 9 9 22 39 20 6 3 11 27 32 -22 36

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.